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Questions and Graded Answers
Prescriptive Authority
Ans: legal route to prescribe independently and
without limitation
Parts of a prescription
Ans: - prescriber name
- license number
- contact information
- DEA number (prescriber and supervising)
- patient name
- DOB
- allergies
- name of medication
- indication
- strength
- frequency
- signature
SIG
Ans: "let it be labeled"; instructions for the
prescription
Pharmacokinetics
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Ans: the study of the drug movement throughout the
body
Ways for drugs to cross the cell membrane
Ans: 1. Channels
2. Pore transport systems - P-glycoprotein system
3. Direct penetration
Absorption
Ans: the drug's movement from the site of
administration into the blood
Factors that affect absorption:
Ans: rate of dissolution, surface area, blood flow,
lipid solubility, pH partitioning
pH partitioning or ion trapping
Ans: drug molecules tend to accumulate on the side
of the membrane where pH most favors ionization -
i.e. Acidic drugs accumulate on the alkaline side, and
basic drugs accumulate on the acidic side
Distribution
Ans: the drug's movement from the blood into the
interstitial space of tissues and from there into the
cells
Factors that affect distribution:
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NURS 5334 EXAM I Latest
Questions and Graded Answers
Prescriptive Authority
Ans: legal route to prescribe independently and
without limitation
Parts of a prescription
Ans: - prescriber name
- license number
- contact information
- DEA number (prescriber and supervising)
- patient name
- DOB
- allergies
- name of medication
- indication
- strength
- frequency
- signature
SIG
Ans: "let it be labeled"; instructions for the
prescription
Pharmacokinetics
Up to Date Content
, Comprehensive Study 2 Up to Date Content
Ans: the study of the drug movement throughout the
body
Ways for drugs to cross the cell membrane
Ans: 1. Channels
2. Pore transport systems - P-glycoprotein system
3. Direct penetration
Absorption
Ans: the drug's movement from the site of
administration into the blood
Factors that affect absorption:
Ans: rate of dissolution, surface area, blood flow,
lipid solubility, pH partitioning
pH partitioning or ion trapping
Ans: drug molecules tend to accumulate on the side
of the membrane where pH most favors ionization -
i.e. Acidic drugs accumulate on the alkaline side, and
basic drugs accumulate on the acidic side
Distribution
Ans: the drug's movement from the blood into the
interstitial space of tissues and from there into the
cells
Factors that affect distribution:
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